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Effects of Intravenous Injection and Intraperitoneal Continual Administration of Sodium Propionate on Serum Cholesterol Levels in Rats
- Source :
- Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology. 41:73-81
- Publication Year :
- 1995
- Publisher :
- Center for Academic Publications Japan, 1995.
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Abstract
- To examine the effects of sodium propionate on serum cholesterol levels, rats were given sodium propionate intravenously and intraperitonealy. Six-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were kept on a cholesterol-free semisynthetic diet for 2 weeks, fasted, and given 400 microliters of saline solution intravenously supplemented with 0.01-10 mg sodium propionate. Three hours after injection of 1 mg of sodium propionate, the serum total-cholesterol level was significantly reduced (85.4 +/- 4.0 mg/dl) compared with its starting level (102 +/- 3.4 mg/dl), with the reducing effect lasting for 24 h. The intensity of the reduction increased proportionately with increased sodium propionate concentrations from 0.01 to 1 mg. Next, to evaluate the influence of continual sodium propionate administration on serum cholesterol levels, 6-week-old male rats were implanted with an osmotic pump intraperitonealy (ALZET Model 2ML2, pumping rate: 5.0 microliter/h; duration: 14 days; reservoir volume: 2,000 microliters). At day 14, serum total-cholesterol levels were reduced by continual sodium propionate administration at both 0.12 and 1.2 mg/day. The maximum percentage change in the serum total-cholesterol level was 78.5 +/- 6.7% of its starting level (111 +/- 7.1 mg/dl), observed at 1.2 mg/day at day 7. These results indicate that sodium propionate can reduce serum total-cholesterol levels in vivo.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemistry.chemical_compound
In vivo
Internal medicine
medicine
Animals
Infusions, Parenteral
Saline
chemistry.chemical_classification
Nutrition and Dietetics
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Chemistry
Cholesterol
Short-chain fatty acid
Infusion Pumps, Implantable
Metabolism
Rats
Dose–response relationship
Endocrinology
Sodium propionate
Injections, Intravenous
Propionate
Propionates
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18817742 and 03014800
- Volume :
- 41
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d92b954430962cb1d0e9bbe77dc399a9